The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-03
ATLANTA.

Atlanta! 1t strikes us we have heard
that name before.
During the prohibition canvass in
this county we we're told that Atlanta
was an unanswerable argument in
favor of the efficacy of prohibition ;
that the experiment had been tried
there and that it was successful; that
the people there were satisfied with it,
and that they would not under any cir
cumstances return to the old order of
things. An article from the COnstitu-
ton was paraded to prove this. We
were asked to print it, which we did,
and because WI appended a few words
of very mild doubt as to the reliability
of some OF the conclusions we. were
held in certain quarters to have COM
mitted some kind of a sin. Well, At
lanta had another election on prohibit
ton last Saturday; and so did Fulton,
the county in which it is situated. At
lanta has voted, by a majority of LAO,
against prohibition, and it was also de-
feated in the county. This shows that
after two years experience the people
do not believe in prohibition as a rem
edial measure.
Among the prominent prohibition
| speakers were United States Senator
A. H. Colquitt and Mr.. III. w. Grady.
These were assisted by almost every
minister in the city, who preached pro-
hibition from their pulpits Sunday at
ter Sunday. Prominent among the
preachers who led the prohibition fight
were Rev. Drs. j. B. HowbOrne, Ii.
e. Morrison and J.. w. Lee. These
three ministers entered into the fight
with wonderful zeal, spoke night after
| night, and in almost every precinct in
the county. The most prominent lead
ers OF the ants were Senator Joseph
E. Brown, Captain E. P. Howell and
| Captain John B. Goodwin. Both sides
had full campaign funds, and managed
their respective causes with vigor and
ability.
The negro vote was the bone of o II
t%ention, and was the balance of power.
Each side made the most strenuous en-
deavOrs to secure it in every way pos
slble. The negroes were considerably
divided on the subject.
One of the features of the contest
was the active part taken by many wo-
men of the city. Several of the church.
es organized committees from among
their female members, who took an ac-
tive part in the campaign. They or
ganized the womensofpate colored
churches r. with
p8arance of large mum
DeRy6f Women at the polls with blue
badges. They served hot coffee and
Sandwiches at every polling place and
conducted prayer meetings and singing
|frusades in the open air.
The principal fight made on prohi-
|tition during the campaign was that it
hid not prohibit, and that intoxicating
rinks could be openly purchased in a
Number of places throughout the city
hitch paid taxes to the United States
government for the sale of whisky.
of gallons have been sent
in each month from cities around At
2anta from which it was almost as easy
20 get a jug as it was at bars in the
'Eity. The ants claimed that prohibition
the city, which was yielding
80, 900 a year in whisky licenses, with
out decreasing in the slightest the
emounto Of whisky sold in the city. The
lr0hf iats on the other hand,
niSi &I&tlapta had never had
'pro1z]b it was SO voted
Years eShsn existing
did not expiH% Hptil al
most a year ago, On IIS3fl
time the domestic win656
local option bill allowed maj,
in the city by which the law codi41.
easily evaded. This was, however,
remedied by the last legislature, which
put a license OF $4,000 on all wine
rooms, which license will go into effect
after January 1.
The verdict of the people is against
the position OF the prohibitionists, and
is another and q telling blow to that
species OF legislation.
The peculiar feature of the campaign
was the position of the Constitution
newspaper, whose editors, Messrs.
Howell and Grady, were on opposite
sides. The paper took no position on
the subject, but the two editors fought
their respective sides in communica-
tiona. Of course everybody read the
Constitution and the shekels rolled in.
Messrs. Howell and Grady swear that
they love one another still but the marks
of the conflict will not soon be erased.
just now the hero of the hour is Evan
P. Howell.
Many of our local readers will re-
member Prot. A. f. Fleet, who was for
years the president of the Baptist
Female College, in this city. A bright,
companionable and active gen.
tleman he was much liked in the COM
munity. He went from here to accept
the char of Greek in the State Uni